. >> the mayor's cousin is the quarterback of the seattle seahawks, russell wilson is having insane year. >> unbelievable. >> amazing. sorry. the big question i think isn't whether an appointment -- the appointment is a big deal because obviously like you said it's a big day for tim scott but it's also a big deal when you have african-american senators in this country. this is not something that happens that often and more often than not it's by appointment. >> and before that the only one was roland burris who briefly served. before that a man named barack obama and before that -- and then there was everbrooks before her. the big question is -- can he get -- is it -- you're from south carolina. and i'm getting a little ahead of myself but he'll now have the advantage of incumbency which is, are we at a point where tim scott could win statewide office in the state like south carolina? >> in full disclosure, i helped with the green petr candidate that ran for the senate against demint and alvin green. i think tim scott could get a significant amount of black votes. like white voters voted